It had been an hour since the fourth day of the tournament had wrapped up and there was considerable controversy over the fact that Thomas Newborne had ignored Sarah Baker's surrender and continued with the attack regardless, at the moment the headmasters of the three dorms where chatting with each other about it.
"So, what can we do about it?" Jeff asked with a frown. "Several students have been trying to get the decision reversed in the past hour even those who don't know Sarah and Ora personally."
"The sad fact of the matter is that there's nothing that we can do." Martin said with an annoyed sigh. "There was nothing in the Tournament Rulebook about ignoring surrenders as Thomas did because I didn't think that it would be necessary."
"Martin, you're the head the Obelisk Blue Boy's Dorm and whilst the students in Obelisk Blue aren't as nasty as they were during Jaden Yuki's time in the academy you know how some of them can get as well as I do." Tracy responded as she folded her arms. "Next time we hold a tournament like this we should prepare for anything, even the Egyptian God Cards showing up in a duel."
"As unlikely as that is she's right." Maria agreed with a frown. "But for now I guess I'll have to break the bad news to….." Maria was interrupted when the door opened revealing Chloe, Chelsea and Lance panting for breath.
"Students, what have we told you about interrupting staff….." Martin trailed off when he saw the look on their faces. "What's happened?"
"It's…its Sarah Baker sir." Chloe said once she caught her breath. "She's lost an Orichalcos Duel!"
"WHAT?" Martin demanded as the three students caught their breath. "Where was this duel held?"
"It was in the forested area between the three dorms." Chelsea said once she caught her breath. "Theresa's already called for a medic and we were told to get you guys by Brandon."
"All right, we'll postpone the meeting for now." Martin said as he stood up. "Chelsea, take us to the duel site, Lance, Chloe, go back to your dorms for now."
"Teach, with all due respect, we want to help search for the asshole that did this." Lance asserted and Jeff shook his head.
"And you'll do what? Duel him?" Jeff asked and Lance nodded without hesitation. "We can't let that happen, we've already lost one student to the Orichalcos."
"Yeah but they've been in an Orichalcos Duels before, hell most of their duels in Battle City where just that!" Chelsea pointed out as she folded her arms. "Look, I get that you guys don't want any more casualties but honestly, as far as I'm concerned they'll do fine."
"Besides if we manage to beat this bastard we'll prevent him from taking any more souls." Chloe added and Martin frowned.
"All right, you've made a very good case and I'll allow it." Martin said and Chloe and Lance grinned. "However I don't want the two of you searching for him separately, Chloe, Chelsea, Lance, I want you three to search for him as a group."
"That's fine by me." Chelsea responded and the others nodded in agreement. "We'd better get to the duel site huh?"
"Indeed, lead the way." Martin responded and the three students led them to the duel site.
*elsewhere*
The site of the duel was one of high tensions, several students were watching from a distance as Sarah's unconscious and badly beaten body was being loaded onto the stretcher to be taken to the medical ward.
"I don't get it, why would Sarah duel an Orichalcos Duelist?" Brandon asked as he brought Ora a drink, Ora took it and sighed.
"She was still angry from how our duel ended and she saw the duel against the guy as a way to take out her frustrations." Ora said as she glanced at the ground sadly. "If I knew that his deck was that vicious I would've tried to talk her out of it and gotten one of the Obelisk Blue students like you to handle it."
"I understand but don't worry, we'll find this guy." Brandon responded with a frown as Chloe, Chelsea, Lance and the teachers ran up. "Ora said the guy ran off after he fought Sarah."
"Do we know what deck he runs?" Martin asked and Ora shook her head.
"The cards in the deck were all part of the same archetype but it's an archetype that I've never seen before." Ora answered with a frown as she turned to the teachers. "But besides that I have no clue, the guy's whole body was covered in a cloak so I can't give you an accurate description either."
"A guy in a cloak won't be that hard to find, especially in today's weather." Chelsea responded as she walked up to Ora. "Do you have any idea where he ran too?"
"Yeah, he ran towards the North Side of the island." Ora nodded in response and Chelsea turned to the teachers.
"You three are free to go up there but stay clear of the volcano and the abandoned dorm, understood?" Martin asked and the three students nodded.
"If they are going after him we're going as well." Brandon said as he turned to Andreas, Theresa, Tyler and Marcus who nodded. "The more eyes we have up there the better chance we have of finding him."
"I don't like this I mean we were willing to send three students after him because we know that they can hold their own on the dueling field." Jeff commented with a frown once he discussed it with the other teachers. "But sending eight of them? No offense but we don't want eight more beds to be taken up in the med bay."
"Think of it like this Jeff." Theresa said as she stepped forward. "If we send Lance for example to take on the duelist and, god forbid, he loses he'll just get away, with eight of us there's a big chance that he won't get away." Theresa added and Jeff frowned.
"Okay but I'm going with them, just encase." Jeff asserted and the other teachers nodded. "Students, keep in contact with me once we split up to find him, it's very easy to get lost in that area."
"And if we find him?" Chloe asked and Jeff thought for a moment.
"Contact me before approaching him." Jeff said as he folded his arms. "And be careful, this man is clearly dangerous."
"Gee, I never would've guessed that he was dangerous based on the fact that he's an Orichalcos Duelist." Chelsea commented with a frown and Jeff glared at her. "Okay, let's go." Chelsea said as the students followed Jeff to the North Side.
*meanwhile*
"Boss, one soul has been captured." The figure said into his earpiece as he paced back and forth, he was in a clearing not too far from the Abandoned Dorm giving his report to Jack. "The main targets are bound to target me now."
"And you'll get two souls for the price of one!" Jack said with a laugh. "That dumb little bitch never stood a chance! I mean honestly, why didn't we send you to the island in the first place?"
"Well my services don't come cheap even for someone with Victor's wealth." The figure responded as he looked down at his deck. "And rest assured I won't fail!" The figure added before letting out a loud, evil laugh.
"Yeah that's another thing, don't laugh that loud into your earpiece, are you trying to deafen me?!" Jack interrupted him mid-laugh and the figure stopped laughing. "That and you're bound to attract unwanted attention now."
"That will just mean more victims for the Orichalcos, nothing more!" The figure responded and Jack hung up. "God damn it! Why the hell didn't they warn me about this place's hot weather? I feel like I'm being roasted alive!" The figure thought as he wiped some sweat from his brow.
"No Jeff, I haven't seen him." Chloe sighed as she unwittingly closed in on the cloaked duelist's location. She was talking to Jeff on her cell-phone whilst being careful not to walk into any trees. "Ugh, at least when we came here to prepare for the expulsion duels I had an idea of who to look out for." Chloe thought to herself as she brushed some tree branches away. "If I see him….." Chloe trailed off when she saw the cloaked duelist. "Jeff, I've found him, I'm near the abandoned dorm but not close enough to break any Duel Academy rules."
"You mean he's in one of the clearings near there?" Jeff asked and Chloe made an "Mmhmm" sound which confirmed it. "Okay, confront him but be careful."
"I will Jeff, and thanks." Chloe said before hanging up and activating her duel disk. "I haven't wanted to defeat a duelist this much since my match against Otto in the Battle City Semi-Finals." Chloe thought as she stepped into the clearing. "You have any thoughts Silent Magician?"
"Yes, I have plenty." Silent Magician answered and Chloe sweat-dropped. "As for any that have anything to do with him, just be careful, he's clearly dangerous and he's already captured a soul."
"I'll try thanks." Chloe responded before frowning. "Hey you, err, are you the duelist who defeated Sarah!?" Chloe called out to the figure and he looked up.
"That depends technically she's tasted defeat at the hands of three duelists." The figure chuckled before revealing his duel disk. "If you're looking for the duelist who trapped her soul in the Orichalcos than yes, you've found him." The figure chuckled upon seeing Chloe's activated duel disk. "Do you wish to duel me?"
"No, what I "wish" to do is stop you before you hurt anyone else!" Chloe snapped at him as her eyes narrowed. "So do you have a name?"
"I am Stefan." Stefan introduced him as he removed his hood revealing a man with messy black hair, tanned skin and blue eyes. "I know who you are Chloe Richardson."
"Yeah, I kinda became a celebrity when I came third in this year's Battle City Tournament whilst representing Osiris Red." Chloe responded with a grin as they drew their opening hands. "As much as I hate to admit that fact, ugh, if I get asked for one more autograph this week I'll scream!" Chloe thought to herself as she looked over her hand.
"So, can I have your autograph?" Silent Magician asked and Chloe sweat-dropped.
"That's not funny." Chloe responded before turning to Stefan. "But I get the feeling that you know me from my duels against your allies."
"Off course I do! I knew about you BEFORE you reached the Battle City Semi-Finals." Stefan responded with a laugh and a large sweat-drop rolled down Chloe's head. "What?"
"You do realize how hipster you just sounded, right?" Chloe asked and Stefan growled.
"Just for that I'm going first!" Stefan announced as he drew his first card. "And I start things off with a combo you're bound to be familiar with, I activate Terra Forming!" Stefan played the card and picked up his deck, once he found the Field Spell that he was looking for he added it to his hand and sent his Spell Card to the graveyard. "And I'm now going to activate the Field Spell I just retrieved, The Seal of the Orichalcos!"
"Your right, I saw this coming miles way." Chloe grunted as she braced herself, the Seal quickly surrounded both duelists and Chloe was pushed back a bit by the force but held her ground; she looked up and saw the infamous pentagram on Stefan's head. "You know, ever since this whole ordeal started….."
"The Battle City one or this one?" Stefan asked and Chloe cleared her throat.
"Both." Chloe said simply before continuing. "I've been wondering, who the hell would run such a dangerous card in their deck?"
"It's simple really." Stefan said as he picked up a card. "Some Orichalcos Duelists have nothing to lose and everything to gain like the hired guns, some have a personal vendetta like the guys you and your friends faced before Phillip." Stefan said before grinning sadistically. "And then there's the psychos, like me!"
"I just had to ask." Chloe thought with a sigh as Stefan finally played the card.
"Now if there isn't any more time wasting questions I would like to go ahead and make my move!" Stefan said as he played the card. "Now I activate Allure of Darkness, I draw two cards but unless I banish one I have to kiss my hand good-bye." Stefan played the card and drew twice before he picked up and pocketed a monster. "And that ends my turn."
"Wait, he's opening up with nothing?!" Chloe thought as she drew her card. "On one hand that monster he banished could've been the only monster in his hand but I don't know….."
"Chloe!" Chloe blinked before looking over her shoulder and seeing the others approaching her, it was Lance that had spoken up and they reached the duel site. "So this is the creep that attacked Sarah?"
"Actually she challenged me to a duel and I accepted." Stefan corrected him before grinning. "But yes, this handsome man was behind that!"
"Is this guy for real?!" Every woman in the area thought simultaneously as large sweat-drops rolled down their heads.
"Anyway I would've guessed that he said ladies first…..if it weren't for the fact that the Seal is active." Lance commented as the girls regained their composure. "What's up with that?"
"I don't know but I'm about to make him regret it!" Chloe responded before playing a card. "I summon Blade Knight!" Chloe played the card and the knight in blue armor appeared on the field (4/1600/1000). "This is for Sarah you asshole! Blade Knight, attack his life-points directly!" Chloe commanded and the knight charged towards him…only for the blade to be stopped by a ghostly hand. "What the….."
"Aha! You fell for the same trick she did!" Stefan said as he played the card. "Since you just declared a direct attack I can summon Ghostrick Lantern to the field in facedown defense position and negate it!" Stefan announced as the monster appeared on the field, it was a small figure dressed in a scarecrow's outfit that had some kind of helmet under his hat and two small green eyes poking out from under it (1/800/0) however the monster quickly disappeared as soon as it appeared.
"Err…what the hell is that?!" Chelsea said as she stared at the strange monster.
"Ghostrick, I've heard of this archetype." Tyler commented with a frown. "It was only just released in Europe and it's been making the rounds through the regionals."
"You don't seem that worried." Marcus realized and Tyler nodded.
"Because the Ghostricks are so impractical that they make Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth look like an easy monster to summon." Tyler responded with a frown. "Out of the Ghostricks that are out they share one effect; they can only be summoned if there's another Ghostrick already on the field."
"That applies to all his monsters?" Chelsea asked and Tyler nodded. "Then how did Sarah be beaten by them?"
"Mercilessly." Stefan responded before folding his arms. "Is that everything?"
"I set a card facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced and Stefan drew his card.
"Now that the stage is set I think I'll summon Witch of the Ghostrick to the field in attack mode!" Stefan played the card and a young girl in a red and black trick or treater witch outfit appeared on the field, she had shoulder length blonde hair, blue eyes and was carrying a broom (2/1200/200) and her attack power increased to 1700 thanks to the seal. "And I flip summon Ghostrick Lantern!" Stefan added as the strange monster reappeared on the field with the power boost from the Orichalcos boosting his attack power up to 1300. "Witch, attack Blade Knight!" Stefan commanded and the witch casted a spell at the knight destroying him and bringing Chloe's life-points down to 7900. "Ghostrick Lantern….."
"Not so fast! I activate my Trap Card Rope of Life!" Chloe activated the trap and quickly discarded the remaining cards in her hand. "Now in exchange for discarding the rest of the cards in my hand I can bring back Blade Knight with an 800 point attack boost!" Chloe played the card and Blade Knight reappeared on the field with his attack power raised to 2400. "And thanks to his effect he gains an extra five-hundred attack points since my hand's empty," Chloe added as Blade Knight's attack increased to 2900.
"Very clever, I move to my Second Main Phase and I activate the second effect of my Ghostrick monsters." Stefan announced as the monsters disappeared from the field. "Once per turn I can flip them facedown into defense mode, and furthermore…." Stefan trailed off as he set a card facedown. "I'll end my turn by setting this card facedown." Stefan announced and Chloe drew her card.
"Okay, with his monsters in defense mode I should be able to destroy them without any problems." Chloe thought before frowning. "On the other hand there is his facedown card, I'm willing to get that it's a trap like Mirror Force." Chloe thought before looking at her drawn card. "Damn it, no sign of MST, Breaker or any of my other destruction cards, but if I want to get field advantage I'll have to attack." Chloe thought before playing the card. "I summon Magician's Valkyria!" Chloe played the card and the red-headed spellcaster appeared on the field (4/1600/1800). "Blade Knight, Valkyria, attack….."
"I activate my trap card Ghostrick Panic!" Stefan interrupted her as his trap card flipped up. "With this I can target any number of facedown Ghostrick monsters on my side of the field and flip them face-up!" Stefan added as Lantern and Witch flipped up. "But don't think I'm leaving you with two easy targets for your attacks because now your monsters get flipped facedown!" Stefan added and Chloe frowned as Blade Knight and Magician's Valkyria flipped facedown.
"Damn it! And because of my stupid move I have nothing to protect them!" Chloe thought before grinning. "Except for Valkyria's defense points, even with the Orichalcos increasing their strength I still have that protecting me! Besides, how strong can these Ghostrick monsters be?" Chloe thought before turning to Stefan. "I have no choice but to end my turn."
"Good, now it's my turn." Stefan said as he drew his card, when he saw it he grinned. "Ah yes, I have the cards I need to defeat you."
"Those are some brave words considering that this duel has just started." Chloe countered and Stefan grinned before playing a Continuous Spell Card. "Multi-Earth?!"
"This card is a godsend to any Orichalcos players whose decks have field spells in them, like me!" Stefan said as he pointed to the card which depicted the Field Spell Card Sogen, however one side of it was snowy and it was sunny on the other. "For absolutely no cost this Spell Card lets me play more than one Field Spell!"
"Wait, what?!" Chloe yelled out as it hit her and Stefan grinned as he picked up another card. "I shouldn't be surprised. Your colleagues have played broken cards as well!"
"What can I say? Our benefactor is very generous." Stefan said with a grin before playing another card. "But I won't activate my Field Spell just yet; first I summon Tour Guide from the Underworld!" Stefan played the card and the tour guide that several other duelists had used appeared on the field (3/1000/600) and her attack increased to 1500 thanks to the seal. "Now I activate her effect and I use it to Special Summon another Tour Guide!" Stefan added as another Tour Guide appeared on the field.
"Oh shit, you're going for an XYZ aren't you?" Chloe asked as her eyes widened.
"Yes I am! I was hoping to wait for a bit before doing this, to prolong your agony and what not." Stefan said with a sadistic grin. "But I guess beggars can't be choosers, I use my Tour Guides to construct an overlay network!" Stefan said as the two women vanished into white orbs of light. "To XYZ Summon my best monster, Ghostrick Alucard!"
"He's summoning the protagonist for Castlevania Symphony of the Night?" Chelsea asked only to be ignored as a new monster appeared on the field, he was a tall white demon wearing black body armor who was also wearing a red cape (Rank: 3/1800/1600) and his attack increased to 2300 thanks to the Seal. "I'll explain his ability in due time but first, Alucard, Lantern, attack Valkyria and Blade Knight!" Stefan commanded and the two monsters charged towards their respective targets and destroyed them. "Witch, attack her life-points!" Stefan commanded and the Spellcaster casted her spell at Chloe bringing her life-points down to 6200.
"It's going to take a lot more than that to defeat me!" Chloe grunted as she forced herself to her feet.
"Let me tell you a little secret, this duel has played out exactly like my duel against Sarah Baker, move for move." Stefan said with a grin. "There is a small difference though, when I attacked with Alucard it was a direct attack." Stefan added before playing a card. "Now I move to my Second Main Phase and I activate the Field Spell Card Ghostrick House!" Stefan played the card and the scenery changed to a haunted house within the Orichalcos. "Now we can't target facedown monsters for attacks full stop, speaking of which…" Stefan trailed off as Witch and Lantern flipped disappeared. "Now I end my turn."
"As goofy as his monsters look he has an effective strategy going." Chelsea admitted as she folded her arms. "And this is coming from the Watt player."
"Have faith, Chloe will find a way out of this." Tyler answered as he folded his arms. "Does she run Light of Intervention in her deck?"
"Err, no." Chelsea said in response and Tyler frowned.
"Well…this is going to be a problem." Tyler said as Chloe drew her card.
"Well, he said that the effect of his field spell applies to facedown monsters so if I play defensively I'll be good to go!" Chloe thought before picking up the card she drew. "First I play the Spell Card called Spellbook inside the Pot, with this we'll both draw three cards!" Chloe announced as she and Stefan drew an additional three cards. "I set two cards facedown and a monster in defense mode. That ends my turn." Chloe announced as she set the three cards and Stefan drew his card.
"Hmmm, Heavy Storm, any other time I'd jump at the chance to use this Spell Card." Stefan thought as he glanced at his drawn card. "However if Multi-Earth is destroyed then both of my Field Spells will be destroyed." Stefan thought as he added the Spell Card to his hand. "The Seal will be saved via its own effect but Ghostrick House on the other hand won't be."
"This guy's taking ages so he probably got a dead draw." Chloe thought as Stefan played another card.
"Setting your monster would've been a wise move but I have ways around that." Stefan said as the card flipped up causing Chloe's eyes to widen. "Go Swords of Revealing Light!" Stefan announced as the three swords rained down on Chloe's side of the field revealing her monster to be Doppelwarrior (2/800/800). "Such a shame that that weakling isn't in attack mode but I can fix that to, go Stop Defense!"
"Oh no, this isn't good!" Chloe gulped as the soldier was forced into attack mode.
"You have no idea!" Stefan said as Witch and Lantern reappeared on the field. "Go Alucard attack the pathetic warrior!" Stefan commanded and the fiend charged towards Chloe's monster before cutting him in half and the other two monsters quickly followed bringing Chloe's life-points down to 1700. "Just give up! Your soul will make for a fine addition alongside that other Osiris Red Student's!"
"I've said it once and I'll say it again!" Chloe said as she forced herself to her feet, she winced in pain as a result of the attacks before activating her trap. "Not as long as I have Life-Points left! And thanks to Numerous Healer I have an extra one thousand life-points!" Chloe announced before sighing as her life-points increased to 2700.
"All that will do will save you from a grand total of two attacks!" Stefan said as Lantern and Witch disappeared from the field again and he discarded Heavy Storm due to the hand size limit. "And that is fine by me because I get to prolong your agony! I end my turn!" Stefan announced and Chloe activated her trap.
"Not before I activate my other trap card, I activate Shock Draw! You see, since I just took 5,000 points of damage this will let me draw five cards!" Chloe announced before drawing five cards and an additional one at the beginning of her turn. "Heart of the Cards, dumb luck, I don't know what this is but thanks!" Chloe thought before playing another card. "I activate my own Swords of Revealing Light!"
"Curses, if it weren't for my copy of Swords I'd be worried!" Stefan taunted her as Witch and Lantern reappeared on the field.
"Then let me give you a reason to worry! I summon Silent Magician Level 4!" Chloe played the card and the younger version of her ace monster appeared on the field (4/1000/10000). "Normally three turns wouldn't be enough for her to crush your ace monster but his attack is only 2300 and by the time your swords wear off….."
"She'll have twenty five hundred attack points." Stefan interrupted her with a yawn. "You ever consider that I have some back up just encase? Your magician will be toast before she grows up!" Stefan added with a grin. "And who's to say I won't draw Mystical Space Typhoon before then? And then there's Witch's effect! I have more ways around that annoying magician's effect then she realizes!"
"I'm well aware of all of that." Chloe responded as she picked up a card. "So why don't I speed things up a bit? I activate One Day of Peace! In exchange for neither of us taking any damage until the end of your turn we both draw a card!" Chloe announced and Stefan frowned as they drew their cards causing Silent Magician to gain her first counter and five hundred more attack points. "I set a card facedown and end my turn." Chloe announced as Stefan drew his card as the first sword disappeared causing Silent Magician to gain another counter and another five hundred attack points.
"Okay, at least Chloe's brought herself a little time." Chelsea commented and the others nodded in agreement. "With any luck she'll crush his forces before dinner time!"
"Don't forget that they both have Swords of Revealing Light in play at the same time." Jeff responded with a frown. "As for her tactics, I've practically seen the same move made by her dozens of times no matter of many times she improves her deck! I'm not saying that it's not an effective tactic but she needs to be more flexible if she wants to stand a chance in the pro-leagues."
"If you think your magician's effect will save you think again! It's time I activated my Witch's effect!" Stefan announced as he pointed to the magician. "Witch, show her a magic trick and make her magician disappear!"
"What?" Chloe asked as the Witch casted a spell at Silent Magician causing her to vanish. "What just happened?"
"Look at your duel disk." Stefan told her and Chloe did quickly realizing that Silent Magician had now been set. "Once per turn my witch can flip an opponent's monster and set it down." Stefan explained before setting a card. "I won't bother with the effects of my two weaker Ghostricks because you can't attack regardless! Instead I set a card facedown and end my turn." Stefan announced as the card appeared on the field and Chloe drew her card once one of the swords disappeared.
"This is bad; unless I can draw Level Up I won't be able to access Silent Magician Level 8." Chloe thought with a frown before seeing the card in her hand. "Oh great, I drew Diffusion Wave Motion? This has to be one of the worst dead draws ever." Chloe thought as she added it to her hand. "I have to pass."
"Perfect!" Stefan thought before playing the card. "I activate Mystical Space Typhoon and I'm using it to end the duel! My target is Swords of Revealing Light!" Stefan announced as a storm washed over the field destroying Chloe's swords. "Now then…"
"Go Threatening Roar!" Chloe activated the trap and Stefan's three monsters cowered in fear as a roar echoed throughout the field. "What's the matter?Didn't think I wouldn't come prepared?" Chloe said with a relieved sigh and Stefan growled before holding up one finger.
"One turn, that's all the time you have!" Stefan announced as Chloe got ready to draw. "Enjoy it whilst it lasts! I end my turn."
"That was way to close!" Chloe thought as she drew her card. "But I can't lose now! This bastard's already claimed one soul today and he's not claiming another!" Chloe thought as she looked at her drawn card. "Okay, here goes." Chloe thought before playing the card. "I activate my Spell Card Trade-In! I discard one Level Eight Monster from my hand….." Chloe announced as she discarded Gilford the Lightning. "And I draw two cards!" Chloe announced as she drew her cards, the first card was her ace monster Silent Magician Level 8.
But the second card would have an unexpected effect.
*elsewhere*
"Wha…..what the….." Chloe stammered as she suddenly found herself in an unfamiliar place, it was an old, Greek style temple that was brown in color and surrounding the area was a beautiful meadow. "Where am I? What is this place? What happened to my duel?"
"All your questions will be answered momentarily." Silent Magician said as she appeared in front of Chloe. "Welcome to the Duel Monster Spirit World."
"Wait, seriously?" Chloe asked as she looked around. "It's…..it's beautiful but why am I here? I have a duel to win."
"I know Chloe." Silent Magician said as she motioned for her protégé to follow her. "But believe it or not this will help you win! Dark Magician Girl, are you there?" Silent Magician asked and the famous busty, blonde Duel Monster appeared on the field.
"I am here Yiyana." Dark Magician Girl greeted her and Silent Magician nodded respectively. "And this must be your protégé."
"Err, yeah that's me." Chloe gulped as she greeted the Duel Monster. "So, what's up? Silent Magician said something about helping me win my match."
"Follow us Chloe." Silent Magician instructed her and Chloe did so without hesitation, she was eventually lead them to a statue encased in Ice with a large sword sticking out of it. "Chloe, this is Timeaus, one of the three Legendary Dragons, not only will he help you win but he'll help you put an end to the Orichalcos for good!"
"Wait, really? Awesome! What do I have to do?" Chloe asked and Dark Magician Girl raised an eyebrow.
"She's oddly accepting of this." Dark Magician Girl commented and Chloe shook her head.
"Look, over the past few months I've dealt with an ancient evil, duel monster spirits and asshole students at my school, at this point I'm willing to believe in Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny again!" Chloe answered and Dark Magician nodded.
"That's a fair point I suppose." Dark Magician Girl admitted before pointing to the sword. "All you have to do is remove that sword."
"Err, Silent Magician, she knows that I'm not that strong right?" Chloe asked as a large sweat-drop rolled down her head.
"It'll be fine Chloe; I'll be here to support you." Silent Magician reassured her and Chloe gulped before going up to the sword and putting her hands around the handle, she placed one foot on the ice and started pulling.
"Come on Chloe! If there was ever a time for you to put your back into it it's now!" Chloe thought as she grit her teeth and pulled at the sword, with one last pull she surprised herself by being able to pull out the sword.
*back at the duel*
"Are you going to make your move or not?!" Stefan shouted at Chloe just as she snapped out of it. "Well, I guess your surrendering after….."
"No! I'm not!" Chloe said as she looked at her hand. "Okay, Trade-In got me Silent Magician and….." Chloe trailed off when she saw the other card. "Wait, what the? The Eye of Timaeus, I've never even heard of this card!" Chloe thought before reading the effect. "Its effect…it doesn't make a lot of sense but I wonder…." Chloe thought as she looked at the field. "It's now or never!" Chloe thought before flipping up her magician. "She's not staying around! I activate Level Up to upgrade her!"
"Oh crap!" Stefan yelled out as Silent Magician Level 4 started glowing and growing until she reached her Level 8 form (8/3500/1000). "Big deal, she can't attack and I'll just use my witch's effect next turn!"
"Here goes." Chloe thought before playing the card. "I activate…THE EYE OF TIMAEUS!"
"WAIT, WHAT?!" Stefan yelled out as Silent Magician Level 8 started glowing.
*meanwhile*
Jack sat there on the boat with his mouth hanging open as Chloe played the card, he had been watching the duels on his laptop and had assumed that Stefan had this in the bag, oh how wrong he was.
"Holy shit….." Jack trailed off before quickly contacting Victor. "Victor, are you getting this?!"
"OFF COURSE I'M GETTING THIS!" Victor yelled down the phone causing Jack to wince. "What I want to know is how this brat got her hands on that thing!"
"I'm on it!" Jack said without hesitation as he started reviewing the footage.
*back at the duel*
"Err, Chloe what have you just played?" Chelsea asked as she watched Silent Magician transform, she turned to Tyler who frowned. "Are you going to tell us about this card yet?!"
"I'm afraid that this is one card I've never heard of." Tyler responded and Chloe grinned.
"With this Spell Card I can fuse it with any monster on my side of the field so I'm fusing it with my Silent Magician to summon…." Chloe said as a card she had never seen before ejected from the extra deck slot, she looked over it and its effect before grinning. "So that I can summon this monster and it's the mighty Silent Dragon Rider Level 8 to the field in attack mode." Chloe played the card and Silent Magician finally stopped glowing, Silent Magician was unchanged for the most part but she was now carrying a large sword in place of her staff and, as the name suggested, was riding a majestic looking dragon (8/3500/3000).
"That thing's no stronger than Silent Magician!" Stefan scoffed as he stared down the monster. "And even if you could attack I'll survive!"
"Then I guess it's time I activated my Dragon Rider's effect!" Chloe said as her life-points dropped to 1350. "It costs me half of my life-points but in exchange all spells and traps on your side of the field are destroyed!"
"What? NO!" Stefan yelled out as the dragon took flight and charged towards Stefan's side of the field, through a combination of flames and sword slashes nearly all the Spell Cards were destroyed; only the Orichalcos remained due to its own effect. "I'm still in this and my life-points are still standing!"
"I'm not done! I activate Megamorph! Since my life-points are lower than yours this doubles the attack of my Dragon Rider!" Chloe announced as her monster's attack shot up to 7000. "And here's another thing, Dragon Rider may be a dragon type monster but she's also treated as a Spellcaster which lets me play this! The Spell Card known as Diffusion Wave Motion!"
"NO! NO!" Stefan yelled out as Chloe's life-points dropped to 350.
"This is for Sarah! Dragon Rider, attack!" Chloe commanded and Dragon Rider raised her sword up high before doing a vertical slash with it cutting Lantern, Witch and Alucard in half and sending Stefan's life-points plummeting to zero. "I…..I can't believe that worked!" Chloe thought as the holograms disappeared, all except for the Orichalcos which quickly closed in around Stefan.
"Chloe, that was awesome!" Chelsea said as she ran up, Chloe just smiled at her roommate as she turned to her. "Where did you get that Timeaus card anyway?"
"That's a bit of a long story." Chloe said as she looked down at her duel disk and blinked. "What the…..Dragon Rider's gone!" Chloe said and Chelsea looked, the only cards on Chloe's duel disk were Silent Magician Level 8, Megamorph, Diffusion Wave Motion and The Eye of Timaeus. "This is just getting weirder."
"I wouldn't worry about that for now." Jeff said as he walked up to the girls. "But I will have to talk with the eight of you with Martin present, stop by Martin's office after your classes for the day have finished."
"We will, if you guys have any answers I'm willing to hear them." Chloe answered and the others nodded in agreement. "What now though? My next class isn't for an hour."
"Same here, I guess we can head back to our dorm." Chelsea answered and the others nodded in agreement before leaving.
*elsewhere*
"I'm telling you Victor, it's the weirdest thing." Jack said as he reviewed the footage. "Things are pretty normal up until she plays Trade-In, however the feed cuts as she draws her second card."
"Yes, I can see the footage." Victor answered with a frown. "And after ten minutes pass she plays Level-Up and most importantly The Eye of Timaeus, she obviously received the card during that ten minute time-frame."
"Yeah and if the other Dragons are ready to be awakened we a thoroughly screwed!" Jack answered as he closed the lid. "What now? Do you want me to recruit more guys?"
"Come back to base, we must discuss the results at the earliest convenience." Victor said after thinking for a moment and Jack nodded.
"You heard the guy! Step on it!" Jack told the speedboat driver who nodded before speeding off.